@frocesterbill Pics pics pics! (and video!)

Alan popped round today bringing two lovely guitars with him - the Bandsman he built in Ayr and a stunning Les Paul build. Good to have a chat and plot more visits to Bailey’s. Hope we can get togethe...

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Hi just signed up. It was great fun building "The Phoenix" the week before last with Neil, Martin and Jim, who each built stunning guitars.. Photos to follow.

Inspired by Russ’ choice of Iron Butterfly ...

Posted by: @russ Epic.....if you can spare the time. I spared the time @russ, and glad that I did. That must have been a great time to be around if you loved music. So much genuinely new, never-he...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Decided it’s my next song to learn now that live music has started again. What a laid-back performer @rocknroller912!

@tej I haven’t done a 7 string guitar but I have made two acoustic 8 string octave mandolas with a guitar scale length so it should be a reasonable comparison. I didn’t do anything extra to reinforce ...

Something to blow the cobwebs away. 🔥🤘😜🤘🔥

This one is for @russ because thanks to you Russ I’ve been humming this damn riff for days. It’s a good song but the main riff is that infectious, it stays in your head for days (mine anyway). I need ...

@tv101 We should start a new thread - The Battle of the Builds

Okay. Problem solved. I made a couple shims and then glued and sanded them. Now the neck fits nice and snug like it should.

More work happened today. Might have screwed up as I cut the start of the scarf joint today, but the back (glue side) of my neck wasn't planed and so I had to run it through the drum sander to get it ...

Posted by: @marcel I have used a shim to adjust the neck angle a couple of times. I just put in a small strip of veneer in the back of the neck pocket. It's a matter of trying what the thickness of t...

Posted by: @tej thanks, I’ll have a go at making some first but at least those are a sensibly priced option @tej No probs. When I spotted these, I thought of you. Knowledge is power. 👍

Posted by: @boo G&W are selling shims now too. @boo thanks, I’ll have a go at making some first but at least those are a sensibly priced option

@marcel Actually, it looks like that is the only one they do, a flat one. It does mean that the neck will be raised though, so it’s like lowering the bridge. This would give more adjustment but the nu...

Posted by: @marcel But these shims are flat, so they don't change the neck angle. So if you want to change the neck angle you have to sand a taper on the shim before using it. @marcel Yeah, I used t...

But these shims are flat, so they don't change the neck angle. So if you want to change the neck angle you have to sand a taper on the shim before using it.

@tej G&W are selling shims now too.